[Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, April 19, 1865] Page: 7
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EULOGY ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 7
ruler ever lived who loved his enemies so well as he. All
the insults heaped upon him by the foes of the government
and the haters of his principles, purposes and person, never
seemed to generate in him a feeling of revenge, or stir him
to thoughts and deeds of bitterness. Throughout the ter-
rible war over which he presided with such calmness and
such power he never lost sight of a golden day, far in
the indefinite future, when peace and the restoration of
fraternal harmony should come as the result and reward of
all his labors. His heart embraced in its catholic sympa-
thies the misguided men who were plotting his destruction,
and I have no doubt that he could, and did, offer the prayer:
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!"
We felt-we knew-that he suffered a thousand deaths in
the destruction of the brave lives he had summoned to the
country's defense, that he sympathized with every mourner
in this mourning land, that he called us to no sacrifice
which he would not gladly have made himself, that his
heart was with the humble and the oppressed, and that he
had no higher wish than to see his people peaceful, prosper-
ous and happy. He was one of us-one with us. Circum-
scribed in his affectionate regard by no creed, or party, or
caste, or color, he received everybody, talked with every-
body, respected everybody, loved everybody, and loved to
serve everybody.
We loved and honored him, too, for his honesty and in-
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